OVERVIEW

The course provides an overview of the main methods for planning logistic netwoorks and transportation systems.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student will be able:
- to know the main decision problems related to the planning and management of logistic and transportation systems
- to know the methodologies for the planning and management of logistic and transportation systems
- use some software tools for modelling, analysing and planning logistic and transportation systems

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

• to state and formalize decision problems associated with transportation and logistic systems 

• to identify the most appropriate methodology for optimization and analysis of transportation and logistic systems 

• to analyze the results of the planning problems and its impacts

PREREQUISITES

The prerequisites are related to the courses of Operations Research and Systems Theory

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons and team working activities with specific software

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Introduction to transportation and logistic systems
• Introduction to maritime transportation and seaport container terminals
• Strategic planning in logistic systems (location and network design problems)
• Operational planning in logistic systems (bin packing and vehicle routing problems)
• Planning problems in seaport container terminals
• Dynamic models and control strategies for road traffic systems

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• G. Ghiani, R. Musmanno, Modelli e Metodi per l’Organizzazione di Sistemi Logistici, Pitagora Editrice Bologna, 2000
• G.Ghiani, G. Laporte, R. Musmanno, Introduction to Logistic Systems Planning and Control, Wiley, 2004
• J. W. Böse, Handbook of Terminal Planning, Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, Springer, 2011

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

CECILIA CATERINA PASQUALE (President)

SIMONA SACONE

SILVIA SIRI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is given by the evaluation of a project work developed by the student and an oral exam with open-ended questions on the topics addressed in the course 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

During the exam the professor will evaluate the capabilities of the student in adopting suitable methods for the analysis and planning of transportation and logistic systems

Exam schedule